Revivalism and the Advent of Cash Economy on the Georgia Coast
The appearance of African-American Pentecostalism on the coast of Georgia in the very year that the black community was firmly catapulted into participation in the national economy recalls various efforts to understand religious revivalism as a response to sudden and disturbing changes in a group�...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Springer
1988
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Review of religious research
Year: 1988, Volume: 29, Issue: 4, Pages: 385-397 |
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| Summary: | The appearance of African-American Pentecostalism on the coast of Georgia in the very year that the black community was firmly catapulted into participation in the national economy recalls various efforts to understand religious revivalism as a response to sudden and disturbing changes in a group's socioeconomic circumstances. Perhaps the best known of such accounts--E. P. Thompson's description of the Methodist response to the industrialization of England--convincingly illustrates the manner in which such religious movements may accommodate individuals to the demands of new work rhythms. However, the evidence from St. Simons Island, Georgia, suggests that in other instances the implicit ideology of a religious movement may present challenges to dominant conceptualizations of the social order. The ostensive otherworldliness of African-American Pentecostalism may militate against overt challenges to the status quo in the here and now; yet on the ideological level it withholds validation of dominant precepts by seeking meaning in the sphere of sacred relations and by attributing circumstances and events to forces beyond the control of individuals. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511577 |